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Subject: My city has been issuing practice warnings the whole week.
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Posted by: Qbix89
Talking about Sweden is an ultrabannable offense.

Posted by: Achronos
Too bad being completely and utterly wrong isn't a bannable offense.

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Posted by: NinjaLord77
I'm pretty sure the Mayans said that it was just a beginning of a new calender. Where are people getting this end of the world story anyway?
Started with some guy in 2006 writing a book that sold a lot, IIRC.


So he is the culprit?
I guess.

I just remember that I'd never heard of this 2012 BS until that book was featured on the news.

Blame the media.

  • 12.19.2012 9:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: Steveokiller
Ive survived several "doomsday's" this one will be no different.

  • 12.19.2012 9:43 PM PDT
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"Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly." - Plato

Eh, whatever happens, happens. If the world does, for some reason, end, then there is nothing to stop it. Acceptance is best.

  • 12.19.2012 9:45 PM PDT

"We live in a special time; the only time where we can observationally verify that we live in a very special time" - Lawrence Krauss.

I was a finalist :P


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Yeah, Julia Gillard said this to the country last month.

Her attempt at satire to peel away from the AWU fiasco. Although, it was unexpected, gotta give her that.
Why does everyone assume that I don't know it's satire?

I know you know. I saw you post a thread on it.

I said it for the people!

I was wondering when you'd turn up :P

  • 12.19.2012 9:45 PM PDT


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Posted by: NinjaLord77
Posted by: Garshne
Posted by: NinjaLord77
I'm pretty sure the Mayans said that it was just a beginning of a new calender. Where are people getting this end of the world story anyway?
Started with some guy in 2006 writing a book that sold a lot, IIRC.


So he is the culprit?
I guess.

I just remember that I'd never heard of this 2012 BS until that book was featured on the news.

Blame the media.


I will blame them and the people who hype this up if there is a shooting on that day.

  • 12.19.2012 9:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: Qbix89
Talking about Sweden is an ultrabannable offense.

Posted by: Achronos
Too bad being completely and utterly wrong isn't a bannable offense.

Posted by: Emperor Gillard
Posted by: Zealot Tony
Posted by: Garshne
Posted by: Zealot Tony
Posted by: Garshne
Yeah, Julia Gillard said this to the country last month.

Her attempt at satire to peel away from the AWU fiasco. Although, it was unexpected, gotta give her that.
Why does everyone assume that I don't know it's satire?

I know you know. I saw you post a thread on it.

I said it for the people!
reported 4 political, enjoy ur b&

  • 12.19.2012 9:50 PM PDT

Please do not send me group invites.

No, because I live in a well-educated city.

  • 12.19.2012 9:51 PM PDT

I am the God Emprah of Mankind.

Deal with it.


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Posted by: cRiPpL3fIgHt45
How do YOU believe the world is going to end, OP?

It's hard to say really, but I assume a solar flare.
Oh man, if only Earth had some magnetic type of field that protects us from that kind of stuff.

Oh well, I guess we're -blam!-.

It would have given us better odds if NASA had announced there were low amounts of sunspot activity recently, but again if only.

  • 12.19.2012 9:53 PM PDT
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"The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light."
-Felix Adler


Posted by: Garshne
reported 4 political, enjoy ur b&

Repoted for repoting.
OT:
What does OP mean by practice warnings?

  • 12.19.2012 9:54 PM PDT
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A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing or trailing with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles.

The world's not going to end.

[Edited on 12.21.2012 6:23 PM PST]

  • 12.19.2012 9:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: Qbix89
Talking about Sweden is an ultrabannable offense.

Posted by: Achronos
Too bad being completely and utterly wrong isn't a bannable offense.

Posted by: Midnight Beauty
Posted by: cRiPpL3fIgHt45
Posted by: Midnight Beauty
Posted by: cRiPpL3fIgHt45
How do YOU believe the world is going to end, OP?

It's hard to say really, but I assume a solar flare.
Oh man, if only Earth had some magnetic type of field that protects us from that kind of stuff.

Oh well, I guess we're -blam!-.

Do you know what a solar flare is? There was one that downed transmission lines long ago. It ruined modern (well past) infrastructure.
But disrupting electronics = everyone dying?

Solar flares have no effect other than a mild EMP would.

  • 12.19.2012 9:57 PM PDT

I am the God Emprah of Mankind.

Deal with it.


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Posted by: Midnight Beauty

Posted by: cRiPpL3fIgHt45
How do YOU believe the world is going to end, OP?

It's hard to say really, but I assume a solar flare.
Oh man, if only Earth had some magnetic type of field that protects us from that kind of stuff.

Oh well, I guess we're -blam!-.

Do you know what a solar flare is? There was one that downed transmission lines long ago. It ruined modern (well past) infrastructure.

If only we had some organizations that studied the Sun's activity and warned all electrical companies, along with satellite owners well before it would even happen!

  • 12.19.2012 9:57 PM PDT

I love you


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Posted by: cRiPpL3fIgHt45

Posted by: Midnight Beauty

Posted by: cRiPpL3fIgHt45
How do YOU believe the world is going to end, OP?

It's hard to say really, but I assume a solar flare.
Oh man, if only Earth had some magnetic type of field that protects us from that kind of stuff.

Oh well, I guess we're -blam!-.

Do you know what a solar flare is? There was one that downed transmission lines long ago. It ruined modern (well past) infrastructure.

If only we had some organizations that studied the Sun's activity and warned all electrical companies, along with satellite owners well before it would even happen!
And if only the Sun were 93 million miles from Earth so there would be time to prepare on short notice.

  • 12.19.2012 9:59 PM PDT
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A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing or trailing with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles.

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[Edited on 12.21.2012 6:23 PM PST]

  • 12.19.2012 10:00 PM PDT

I am the God Emprah of Mankind.

Deal with it.


Posted by: Midnight Beauty

Posted by: cRiPpL3fIgHt45
And if only the Sun were 93 million miles from Earth so there would be time to prepare on short notice.

That distance is irrelevant due to the sun's size.

The sun's size has no effect on how fast a solar flare will travel.

  • 12.19.2012 10:01 PM PDT

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"And i will show you where the iron crosses grow..."

- "Cross of Iron"


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Posted by: RosesBiggestFan
I can't believe we only have one more day.

I haven't seen you in a while.

I've been busy preparing.


He definitely isn't an alt or anything.

  • 12.19.2012 10:01 PM PDT

I love you


Posted by: Midnight Beauty

Posted by: cRiPpL3fIgHt45
And if only the Sun were 93 million miles from Earth so there would be time to prepare on short notice.

That distance is irrelevant due to the sun's size.
Why?

  • 12.19.2012 10:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: Qbix89
Talking about Sweden is an ultrabannable offense.

Posted by: Achronos
Too bad being completely and utterly wrong isn't a bannable offense.

Posted by: Midnight Beauty
Posted by: Garshne
Posted by: Midnight Beauty
Posted by: cRiPpL3fIgHt45
Posted by: Midnight Beauty
It's hard to say really, but I assume a solar flare.
Oh man, if only Earth had some magnetic type of field that protects us from that kind of stuff.

Oh well, I guess we're -blam!-.

Do you know what a solar flare is? There was one that downed transmission lines long ago. It ruined modern (well past) infrastructure.
But disrupting electronics = everyone dying?

Solar flares have no effect other than a mild EMP would.

A mild EMP? It's a solar flare. From the sun. A star. This won't be your average solar flare, and mix that with modern technology and you have a huge problem.
If something on this scale is imminent, it would've happened before in the last 5 billion years.

And yet the planet still has an atmosphere.

Any sort of solar flare would only disrupt electronics and would not affect people. And turning off all the electronics in the world does not mean its end.

Anything important to society is EMP shielded anyway. EMP was one of the many side-effects of a nuclear war, and how long did we face one of those in our history? Everything important in military is EMP shielded, same with government.

  • 12.19.2012 10:01 PM PDT

Please do not send me group invites.

I've heard so many conflicting stories about what's supposed to happen for the end of the world that I'm convinced that nobody knows, thus is a load of bologna.

  • 12.19.2012 10:02 PM PDT

I love you


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Posted by: RosesBiggestFan
Posted by: Midnight Beauty

Posted by: RosesBiggestFan
I can't believe we only have one more day.

I haven't seen you in a while.

I've been busy preparing.


He definitely isn't an alt or anything.

  • 12.19.2012 10:02 PM PDT